Gate

See also: gate, GATE, gâte, gatë, gåte, gatě, -gate, and gâté

English

Proper noun

Gate

1. A ghost town in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.
2. A tiny town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States.

See also

• Gates

 

Anagrams

• EGTA, ETag, Geat, e-tag, geat, geta

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gate, ultimately Proto-Germanic *gatą. Doublet of regional Gatt (“hole, eye”), from Low German. Probably also related with inherited Gasse (“lane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛɪ̯t/, /ɡeːt/
• Hyphenation: Gate

• Audio:

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• Homophone: geht (monophthongal pronunciation)

Noun

Gate n (strong, genitive Gates, plural Gates)

1. airport gate

Declension

Declension of Gate [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gate	die	Gates
genitive	eines	des	Gates	der	Gates
dative	einem	dem	Gate	den	Gates
accusative	ein	das	Gate	die	Gates

Further reading

• “Gate” in Duden online

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian gatya, from Serbo-Croatian gaće (“underpants”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatə/
• Rhymes: -atə
• Hyphenation: Ga‧te
• Homophone: Gatte

Noun

Gate f (genitive Gate, plural Gaten)

1. (Austria, colloquial, obsolete) men's long underwear

Declension

Declension of Gate [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gate	die	Gaten
genitive	einer	der	Gate	der	Gaten
dative	einer	der	Gate	den	Gaten
accusative	eine	die	Gate	die	Gaten

Further reading

• “Gate” in Duden online
• “Gate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache